BUCHAREST, Aug. 2 (Xinhua) -- There is no classical swine fever (CSF) in Romania, while African swine fever (ASF) confirmed recently in some households in northwestern country is a totally different disease, an official from the National Sanitary Veterinary and Food Safety Authority (ANSVSA) announced on Wednesday.
"Romania maintains its status granted in May of a country free from the classical swine fever," stressed ANSVSA head Geronimo Branescu.
According to the official, African swine fever triggers restrictions for all activities, including for export, but these restrictions are domestic.
"We are discussing the matter with the European Commission and we are trying to show both our readiness to cooperate and, at the same time, to prove our efficiency, in order to be able to negotiate a restriction as favorable to our country as possible," said Branescu.
None of these diseases generate any risk for the consumer, "not a contact nor a consumption risk," he stressed.
The first ASF outbreak in Romania was confirmed in a household on the outskirts of the northwestern city of Satu Mare, and the disease later spread to a second household, ANSVSA announced earlier in the week.
The outbreak hit in private households and not commercial farms, and the seven affected animals were culled and their bodies were destroyed by incineration, the authority said.
According to Branescu, the disease started in the Republic of Moldova, spread to Ukraine, and then emerged in the Czech Republic, with other countries affected including Poland, Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia and Belarus.
In Romania, the ASF is threatening the eastern and northwestern parts, said the ANSVSA head.
